{"id":10732,"date":"2026-05-13T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=10732"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:56:32","slug":"be-the-creed-emmanuel-winful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=10732","title":{"rendered":"Be the Creed: Emmanuel Winful"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5913\" style=\"width: 1114px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5913\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2019\/06\/5.EmmanuelSafety-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Emmanuel Winful poses inside the Gavin Engineering Research Lab.\" width=\"1114\" height=\"742\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmanuel Winful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Emmanuel Winful<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Engineering Administration<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Engineering Health and Safety Manager<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafe engineering is good engineering,\u201d is more than a catchphrase to Emmanuel Winful. It\u2019s the mindset that reshaped how Auburn Engineering approaches research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStriving for safe engineering doesn\u2019t inhibit research progress,\u201d said Winful, the college\u2019s health and safety manager since 2018. \u201cSafe engineering is finding ways to do things better and safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winful\u2019s commitment to prevention began long before Auburn. Growing up in a Ghanaian mining town, he saw how unsafe practices led to injuries and unexplained illnesses. His experience sparked an interest in occupational safety and ultimately shaped his philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>That perspective anchors an honored safety culture at Auburn Engineering, earning the 2024 Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association Innovation Award and recognition as a National Safety Council Green Cross Award semifinalist \u2014 rare for an academic unit competing against major corporations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The foundation for this success? Relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to build trust with colleagues and let them know there might be hazards in the processes they perform and what can be done to improve them,\u201d he said. \u201cSafety is everyone\u2019s responsibility, and we are cultivating and sustaining cutting-edge research under the umbrella of safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-13178754\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/267871\/episodes\/1045600-risky-business.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-13178754&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Winful Engineering Administration Engineering Health and Safety Manager \u201cSafe engineering is good engineering,\u201d is more than a catchphrase to Emmanuel Winful. 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